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In the parking lot, fleeing customers encountered more gunfire as Tallahassee police officers shot and killed Demitrie Penny, who reportedly grabbed a gun from his car to avenge his friend’s death.

TPD dash-cam video released Monday shows the panic around 12:42 a.m. on Dec. 9 as people ducked for cover and fled the Apalachee Parkway restaurant.

There is no sound in the hour and 44-minute video, but in it, patrons can be seen scattering as the first rounds are fired inside the restaurant and then again as officers engage the 32-year-old Penny outside.

A fight among diners led to a gun being pulled, court records say. Ira Brown, 24, was killed by a gunshot to the neck while he and 25-year-old Isaiah Robinson fought over the handgun in front of the restaurant’s bar.

Robinson was arrested Dec. 15 as he got off a plane in Fort Lauderdale. He was indicted on first-degree murder charges by a Leon County grand jury in January. He is being held in the Leon County Jail without bond.

Two other people, a 24-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man, were shot and seriously injured.

Penny was killed in the parking lot in a gun battle with TPD officers Jason Ravenel and Ed Guerra. The two officers were providing off-duty security at the restaurant.

Police say Penny, who left the restaurant to retrieve a gun from his vehicle, fired in retaliation after his friend, Brown, was shot.

State Attorney’s Office discovery documents list dozens of witnesses who were at El Patron the night of the shooting. Evidence collected also includes a revolver, items of clothing, electronics and several social media videos of the incident.